The Discovery Queue is a feature that many people probably miss or just don't use. I use it from time to time but it was a little basic. Valve has put live the next Steam Labs experiment to overhaul Discovery Queue.
With the Discovery Queue the idea is that Valve picks a bunch of games based on your interests, then you click through to see if something grabs you. It is a wonderful idea but it definitely was in need of a facelift for sure.
Some of the highlights of their changes include:
- Launch into the queue without leaving the page you are on
- Simplified presentation of key details about each game to give you a taste of what that game is about
- See why each game is being recommended specifically to you; maybe it's because you have friends who play it, or it's similar to other games you play, for example
- Add a game to your wishlist with the click of a button or view the game's full store page for a more in-depth view
- Ignore games that just aren't your jam. We'll make sure to hide them in the future.
They also plan to add in future a new display on the Steam homepage, the ability to launch it from any store page, layout optimizations for different screen sizes and full support for the Steam Deck gamepad UI too.
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BladePupper Jul 13, 2022
Quoting: EhvisThe main problem of the discovery queue is probably the same as that of the "More like this" section. Some of the matches are completely outrageous. Go to the "Beat Saber" page, more like this .... Assetto Corsa. Right. If it can't do that right, the queue can't do any better.This sort of highlights the problem with tags because I bet they share some tags and the system says "yes, these must be similar". I've tried to find things I might be interested through tags and I never get anywhere with it. Some of this is because games are improperly tagged like take Yakuza 7/Yakuza Like a Dragon, Turn-based JRPG with timed button prompts similar to Paper Mario. This game is tagged with "action" despite not being an action game. The "more like this" section (for Yakuza 7) lists Hitman, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Wasteland 3. I think the problem has improved a bit over time but it really isn't quite there yet. Tagging is something that could be really useful for finding things similar to what you like but it ends up recommending games that, to me, are unrelated.
I can't think of another sort of platform or service for games with tags like this but I would like to see someone else do it and do it well because that would be a great resource especially something like that with a steam deck or protondb rating.
Quoting: PenglingYeah, I've got some of that going on, but you nailed it, the lack of fine-grained control is exactly the problemThis so much. I don't really want to remove a lot of tags because sometimes games are improperly tagged or a tag for a minigame that is completely optional and I might miss something I would like a lot, but I also want to remove games I know I wouldn't be interested in.
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Philadelphus Jul 13, 2022
Well, I went through a little over a hundred games, wishlisted nine based on a snap decision, went through them to check them out more thoroughly, removed eight, and downloaded a demo for one (Dice Tribes: Ambitions). So it's about the same conversion rate as the old discovery queue, apparently.
Edit: hmm, the Dice Tribes demo is broken, the native version wouldn't start and Proton (both the latest stable and experimental) just loaded a frozen window. Unfortunate.
Last edited by Philadelphus on 13 July 2022 at 6:30 am UTC
Edit: hmm, the Dice Tribes demo is broken, the native version wouldn't start and Proton (both the latest stable and experimental) just loaded a frozen window. Unfortunate.
Last edited by Philadelphus on 13 July 2022 at 6:30 am UTC
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Quoting: EhvisThe main problem of the discovery queue is probably the same as that of the "More like this" section. Some of the matches are completely outrageous. Go to the "Beat Saber" page, more like this .... Assetto Corsa. Right. If it can't do that right, the queue can't do any better.I don't know why you think that's a bad match. If you've invested in a VR setup, then a very common use case for that is racing sims.
Similarly, there are lots of people that only buy the massive-budget AAA games, so one of those will tend to be paired with others of those.
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